Miami Beach seen from the air. There is an oval dog track in the foreground and the heavily-populated beach can be seen in the background. The shoreline is also visible in the background as are many city buildings. Published by Thomas R. West,...

Oral history interviews conducted with Mr. Steward Pickett on May 23, June 4, and June 25, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Pickett, a retired assistant Boy Scout executive and board member of Senior House, talks about his family, growing up on an...

Battleship under construction at Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia. The ship is out of the water; there are people walking and standing near it. A large crane swings out over the ship, and a large scaffolding-like structure stands on the...

Water rising in Beargrass Creek at a portion below a stone bridge with billboards on the road above. Part of an improvement project to the creek.Stamped on the image: Ohio River Flood January-February 1937. by Commissioners of Sewerage. Louisville,...

Stone building submerged in water from the 1937 flood up to near the top of a doorway at the National Distillers' Sunnybrook or Sunny Brook plant. A taller brick building is in the background. Copy photograph.

A group of students (perhaps members of the Deja-vu staff) pose at the entrance of Otter Hall, which housed student publication offices at the time. Another "barracks building" is visible in the background. One of the Naval Barracks, it was moved...

Women's City Clubhouse, Third and Walnut Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. Women wearing various clothes from prim to costumes pose in rows in a bare room with painted walls and white overhead lights. On back of image: (Left to right) Top row: Frances...

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Portrait of John L. Patterson, who served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1908-1922. He came to University of Louisville in 1907 as professor of Greek, and was appointed dean of College of Arts and Sciences (then known as the...

Sewage pumping station construction site with Butchertown houses in the distance. Includes construction equipment and materials on site. Labeled: Ohio River Flood. January-February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. 2:20.

Sewage pumping station construction site with Butchertown houses in the distance. Includes construction equipment and materials on site. Labeled: Ohio River Flood. January-February 1937 by Commissioners of Sewerage of Louisville, Ky. 2:30.

"In this monumental work of 1937, Guernica, Picasso combined Analytic and Synthetic Cubist forms with several traditional motifs, juxtaposing them in a new Surrealist way. The combination serves the political message of the painting - namely,...

This Jeffersonville, Indiana dentist's office sustained damage from the 1937 flood. Mud can be seen on the floor and a water line is visible about a foot up from the floor. Notice that the cabinet is directly in front of the doorway. It may have...

Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress and holding a bonnet and two books, stands at the fence of the McGuffey Log School (so marked by a wooden handwritten sign). Her 'Wee House in the Wood' brick home is visible at left. Thomas acquired possession...

Jean Thomas, wearing a calico dress and holding a bonnet and two books, stands at the fence of the McGuffey Log School (so marked by a wooden handwritten sign). Thomas acquired possession of this schoolhouse (similar to the one she had attended as...

Louisville, Kentucky's City Hall during the 1937 Flood, with floodwater, haphazardly parked cars, and a fire engine. City Hall was used as the center for all relief, rescue and rehabilitation efforts, as noted in Rick Bell's "The Great Flood of...